Programming in C++, 2nd Edition

184 Decision Statements

side another if-else statement. This

kind of nesting can be limitless.

(7) A common programming construct is the

else-if ladder, sometimes called the

if-else-if staircase because of its

appearance. In the program one can write

a ladder of else-if. The program goes

down the ladder of else-if, in anticipa-

tion of one of the expressions being true.

(8) C/C++ has four statements that perform

an unconditional control transfer. They are

return, goto, break and continue.

Of these, return is used only in func-

tions. The goto and return may

be used anywhere in the program but

continue and break statements ...